Topic: app removal
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Apple Pulls Women's Dating Safety App from App Store
Apple removed the women's dating safety app Tea from its App Store for violating terms related to content moderation and user privacy, including the exposure of minors' personal information. Tea experienced multiple security breaches that exposed users' driver's licenses, selfies, and private mes...
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Apple Removes Controversial Dating Apps Tea & TeaOnHer From App Store
Apple removed the dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from its App Store due to content moderation failures and privacy violations, including sharing minors' data without consent, though they remain on Google Play. The apps breached Apple's guidelines by lacking proper reporting tools, mishandlin...
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Ex-Apple Execs Slam ICEBlock Removal Decision
Apple removed the ICEBlock app from its App Store following a request from the US Attorney General, sparking debate over corporate principles and digital freedoms. Former Apple executives, including Wiley Hodges and Alex Horovitz, criticized the decision as a departure from the company's core val...
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Trump Administration Forces Anti-ICE Apps Off Apple App Store
The ICEBlock app was removed from Apple's App Store after federal intervention, eliminating a key anonymous tool for reporting nearby Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Developers created the app to address concerns over ICE's alleged constitutional violations, prioritizing user anon...
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Microsoft Retires Its Mobile Ad App in 2026
Microsoft is retiring its Microsoft Advertising mobile app in January 2026, requiring all advertisers to switch to the web interface for campaign management. The app has been removed from app stores and will no longer receive updates, with no plans for a replacement mobile tool, as Microsoft focu...
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MKBHD Discontinues His Wallpaper App
Tech reviewer MKBHD is shutting down his premium wallpaper app, Panels, on December 31st, citing an inability to realize its original vision after a year of operation. The app faced immediate backlash at launch for its expensive subscription model and advertising, and a shift in the development t...
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Sora Copycats Still Flood the App Store
The launch of OpenAI's official Sora app led to a surge of fraudulent copycat apps on the App Store, many using the "Sora" or "Sora 2" names to deceive users and bypass Apple's review process. These counterfeit apps, some rebranded from existing ones, have accumulated around 300,000 installations...
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